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English English
We’ve now been in England for three weeks. There are several reasons we began our trip here; one is that the weather here is much better during the summertime than any other season. Another reason is we knew it would be a gentle transition to being in a foreign country for everyone because we speak…
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What?! Part Two
As time passed, we were blessed with two more children, first Abe, then Arlie less than two years later. When Abe was a baby, our friends, Troy and Katie, took their family on a year-long trip around the United States. They are dear friends and wonderful people. We were sad to see them go,…
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What? How?!
Over the last year, as it would come up, we would tell people that we are going to be gone this school year. I started to notice a pattern in people’s responses and it would typically be one of three: One conversation was different. One morning we were talking to some new friends at church.…
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London Book Visits
Our family loves books. Reading is how we all choose to wind down at the end of a day. It’s how we’ve shaped a lot of our kids education. Books have always fueled my kids imagination and historical fiction is my new favorite way to learn about a time in history. In fact, London didn’t…
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First Stop, London
After the Queen Mary, we went straight to London. Our goal was to see quite a lot in a week without killing ourselves. Most days, we over did it a bit as well as picked up a cold/virus that kinda set us back, but overall, we had a good week. Here are the highlights: Big…
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Our First Pilgrimage: Canterbury
This semester is really a series of pilgrimages. Because we started in England, our first religious pilgrimage was to Canterbury. Canterbury has been a Christian pilgrimage sight for over one thousand years. Pilgrims started traveling there after miracles were reported at the tomb of Thomas a Becket, now St. Thomas a Becket. Thomas, the Archbishop…
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What is a Pilgrim?
The Oxford definition of pilgrim is “a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons.” I believe we’re all pilgrims and that each day we journey through our every day sacred places of home and family and work and community. Every mass reminds us of this as the priest and servers walk up…
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Transatlantic Transportation: the Queen Mary 2
I think it all started with John’s (then in grade school) fascination with the Titanic. Someone said – “I wonder if people can still travel from Europe to the United States on a boat . . .” We found out you can and there still is an ocean liner (a large ship made for the…
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And, We’re Off
It’s a relief to be getting on this boat! I’ve dreamed about this for years, we’ve planned and prepared for months and we’ve been packing and getting the house ready for weeks, all while continuing to live normal family life with all of its ups, downs and emotions. It rained so hard Wednesday morning that…
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It’s Go Time!
We’re 6 days from leaving home. The kids are all at church camp. Scott and I are trying to work our to do lists AND enjoy the first days we’ve had alone in a VERY long time. In the last month we’ve seen various friends and family one last time, the kids have experimented A…
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